25 years ago this month:

• The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct removed a judge who had converted $6,150 in court funds to his personal use. In the Matter of Sterling, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct September 8, 1995).
• Pursuant to an agreed statement of facts and joint recommendation, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished a judge who had served as an officer and director of 2 for-profit corporations while sitting as a full-time judge and failed to disclose his interest in the corporations on ethics forms. In the Matter of Bell, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct September 22, 1995).
• The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished a judge for diverting funds from a not-for-profit corporation connected to the court to a law professor for research expenses that they had agreed to share in their private authorship of a hornbook on New York estates administration and failing to supervise the hiring of interns who worked in the court and were paid by corporate funds, which led to a patronage system for the relatives of full-time court employees. In the Matter of Radigan, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct September 22, 1995).